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uncles years fiction
IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction. Carl Clinton Van Doren
uncles taken people
In Charn [Jadis] had taken no notice of Polly (till the very end) because Digory was the one she wanted to make use of. Now that she had Uncle Andrew, she took no notice of Digory. I expect most witches are like that. They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical. C. S. Lewis
uncles believe gold
And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! Charles Dickens
uncles dark past
They whirled past the dark trees, as feathers would be swept before a hurricane. Houses, gates, churches, hay-stacks, objects of every kind they shot by, with a velocity and noise like roaring waters suddenly let loose. Still the noise of pursuit grew louder, and still my uncle could hear the young lady wildly screaming, "Faster! Faster!"
uncles mean merry-christmas
Christmas a humbug, uncle!" said Scrooge's nephew. "You don't mean that, I am sure?" "I do," said Scrooge. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough.
uncles brain brass
You can't make a head and brains out of a brass knob with nothing in it. You couldn't do it when your uncle George was living much less when he's dead.
uncles air gentleman
My uncle, gentlemen, could say nothing; he was so very much astonished The queerest thing of all, was, that although there was such a crowd of persons, and although fresh faces were pouring in, every moment, there was no telling where they came from. They seemed to start up, in some strange manner, from the ground, or the air, and disappear in the same way.
uncles heart dark
Of all the ruinous and desolate places my uncle had ever beheld, this was the most so. It looked as if it had once been a large house of entertainment; but the roof had fallen in, in many places, and the stairs were steep, rugged, and broken. There was a huge fire-place in the room into which they walked, and the chimney was blackened with smoke; but no warm blaze lighted it up now. The white feathery dust of burnt wood was still strewed over the hearth, but the stove was cold, and all was dark and gloomy.
uncles lying done
When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it's done so I would recognise when I was being lied to. Brian Eno
dinner people sit
We want people to not just sit at the dinner and not be able to participate. We want people to get up and have fun. Ruth Walsh
dinner life-is said
One thing I've never said in my whole life is, 'Let's have dinner at a Japanese restaurant.' Alan King
dinner giggles heard hearing laying listen normal process remarkably remembered sit tapes wonderful
The process was remarkably cathartic. I'd sit and listen to my father's voice - having not heard some of these tapes for 30 years and hearing his voice laying me down for a nap, our giggles and cooking dinner - and I remembered all those wonderful days. Normal days. Jennifer Grant
dinner poverty morality
It is as easy for most of us to keep from stealing our dinners as it is to digest them, and there is quite as much voluntary morality involved in one process as the other. Jane Addams
dinner eating pleasure
Oh, the pleasure of eating my dinner alone! Charles Lamb
dinner table
We have a place at the dinner table for her.
dinner gains fine
The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner. Juvenal
dinner dish elegant family helpful matter roast
There is nothing like roast chicken. It is helpful and agreeable, the perfect dish no matter what the circumstances. Elegant or homey, a dish for a dinner party or a family supper, it will not let you down. Laurie Colwin
dinner love parents raw sea sushi
For dinner I want real sushi - not the Americanized kind. My parents are American Samoan so I don't go for any of those rolls. I'll have raw prawn or sea urchin or octopus. I love it. Junior Seau
credit follow game kids mission
We have to give the kids credit. They made it their mission to follow the game plan.
credit
We have to give (Missouri State) a lot of credit, but once we got going, I think that we were fine.
credit focus great kids reason searching tied
We have to get our focus back. After a letdown like this you're searching for a reason why. We tied with Bluefield during our first game. It's a great credit to his kids that they have got to this level.
credit due eric producer talents trying whose
We were trying for that very hard, but part of the credit is due to Eric Jacobson, whose real talents as a producer were considerable and still are. John Sebastian
credit good trying
We were too passive. I take credit for that. We were just trying to get very good looks.
credit fact goes kids players strength type west
The fact is it just goes to show you the strength of the players we have in West Tennessee. It's a credit to our kids and the type of players we have here.
credit last longer realizing trying
Ultimately, they still had to sell. You have to give them credit for realizing they weren't going to last much longer trying to keep the building.
credit deal given great huge imagine joy life presence voice
I look at my voice and my abilities as a gift. I don't feel that I can even take any credit for it, but it's such a huge presence in my life. It is my life. It's my identity, it's everything. And it's given me a great deal of joy and a sense of purpose - I can't imagine my life without it. Emmylou Harris
credit year
We did it a year in advance, and we didn't get any credit for it.